IFA WT FINALS 2024: PRELIMINARY GROUPS FOR MANNHEIM HAVE BEEN DRAWN

IFA WORLD TOUR FINALS 2024: PRELIMINARY GROUPS FOR MANNHEIM HAVE BEEN DRAWN

The groups for the 2024 Men’s and Women’s World Tour Finals, the world championship for club teams, have been drawn. The top teams in club fistball will compete in Mannheim’s Rhein-Neckar Stadium in July. There is still a ticket discount on advance sales until 15 June.

The preliminary round groups for the IFA Fistball World Tour Finals 2024 in Mannheim have been determined: The International Fistball Association has set the group phase for the Club World Championship. Based on established guidelines, the Sports Commission drew the preliminary round groups, which will be played on Thursday, July 18 and Friday, July 19 in Mannheim’s Rhein-Neckar Stadium. And they promise to be exciting duels in both the men’s and women’s competitions.

Men: Local heroes from TV Käfertal meet top German team Pfungstadt

SG Novo Hamburgo, winners of the title at the last tournament in Curitiba (Brazil) in October, will face competition from Brazil and Austria in preliminary round group B. South American champions SOGIPA Porto Alegre, UFG Sparkasse Grieskirchen/Pötting and AWN TV Enns are also in the group of the defending champions. In preliminary round group A, TSV Pfungstadt, last year’s finalists and reigning European Cup winners, will face Union Tigers Vöcklabruck (2nd place IFA Fistball World Tour 2023), DSG UKJ Froschberg from Austria and the Mannheim local heroes from TV Käfertal, who won silver and bronze at the last German Field and Indoor Championships.

Women: Defending champion Schneverdingen face opponents from Austria and Switzerland

Last October, TV Jahn Schneverdingen won the IFA Fistball World Tour Finals for the first time and thus automatically qualified for this year’s event. In the group phase, the team from Lower Saxony will face FG Elgg-Ettenhausen (Switzerland/2nd place IFA Fistball World Tour 2023), FBC Linz AG Urfahr (Austria) and SVD Diepoldsau-Schmitter (Switzerland). In preliminary round group A, the champions from South America and Europe, SOGIPA Porto Alegre (Brazil) and TSV Dennach (Germany), will face Faustball Kreuzlingen (Switzerland) and UFG Sparkasse Grieskirchen/Pötting (Austria).

The preliminary round matches will take place on Thursday and Friday. The women’s semi-finals will take place on Friday evening, while the men’s semi-finals are scheduled for Saturday morning. The women’s placement matches, including the bronze and gold matches, will then take place. The men’s World Tour Finals – including the final – will conclude on Sunday. Tickets for the event are available online until June 15 with discount code WTFinals2024.

Ticket orders: https://finals24.fistball-worldtour.com/tickets/